An illustrator of children's books finds funny details in everyday life
Already in middle school, Kristiina Mäkimattila thought that it would be wonderful to one day be an illustrator of children's books. The wish came true years later and Kristiina Mäkimattila, who has been running a company called Murupumpula since 2014 and now lives in Seinäjoki, has focused on illustrating children's books. Kristiina considers art and creative work to be a kind of play. Finding interest and joy in small things and getting attached to the background and doing the work. - Is lovely […]
"We tried hard and I think we even succeeded"
"We tried hard and I think we even succeeded" Shooting and hunting have interested Mikko Vuorela for 35 years. The object of interest later became a profession, and now Mikko has been running a gun shop in Ylistaro for over 20 years. When Mikko was of school age and there was no permission from home to buy an air rifle, he secretly acquired a hunting license at the age of 15. – I got a hunting card […]
The development plan for Lamminjärvi is now being drawn up - come join us!
In the Lamminjärvi area of Jalasjärvi, participatory planning has started in the fall of 2022 with the associations operating in the area. During this year, a development plan for the area will be drawn up, which will take into account the area's various functions and actors, as well as tourism perspectives, among other things. The joint vision of the associations on the development of the area is recorded in the plan and possible implementing agencies are considered. In autumn 2021, Liiveri collected development ideas from the Jalasjärvi area and presented them at a public event [...]
In a family business, we move forward with a good attitude
Hautala Service Oy, operating in Ilmajoki, was originally founded in 1987 for maintenance activities. Over the years, the operation has grown and expanded to the import and sale of professional machines, such as high-performance mowers and green machines. It is a family business, whose operations today include, in addition to the original entrepreneur Jarkko Hautala, his brother Arto and Jarkko's two sons, Joel and Tuomas. Joel Hautala joined full-time [...]
"I'm looking forward to what the new work patterns will bring"
I am Anne Palohuhta from Seinäjoki. I started at Liiver in January as the leader of the Kylille III project when Irma Kortesuo retired. I'm looking forward to what the new work patterns will bring. This is a great opportunity to learn something new and get to know the area and its people. In the spring of 2022, I was doing an internship in Liiver, and then I was already impressed by how great work has been done here for rural development. Is […]
Jokipii-Ahonkylä is the southern Pohja village of the year
The village of the year was chosen in Alavude's Kätkänjoki at the beginning of December. Photo: Juha Iso-Tuisku. The autumn meeting of Eteläpohjalaiset Kylät ry was held in the traditional way in the previous year's village of the year, this time in Alavude's Kätkänjoki on December 3, 2022. Jokipii-Ahonkylä from Kurikan's Jalasjärvi was chosen as the southern Pohja village of 2022. By choosing the village of the year, we want to highlight the versatile activities of the villages and increase the recognition and visibility of village activities. The goal is to find active villages, […]
"The best weeks of this year"
Youth section member Milla Rantamäki and Heidi Kohtala from the Food Agency participated in the local meeting organized in Myslowice, Poland in June 2022. Liiveri sent ten young people or those working with young people on study trips to different parts of Europe: Italy, Poland, Germany, Greece and Bulgaria. In addition, a local meeting for international participants was organized in Liiver in August-September in Finland. The trips were part of the SaYouth project, which aims to develop young people's opportunities to influence and participate in civil society [...]
Get inspired by Liiver's development work
Through the following slide show, we present a taste of what has been done in Leader Liiver's area between 2014 and 2022. At the same time, the images direct thoughts to the future and hopefully inspire new development work from 2023 onwards. International cooperation is long-term work! In 2015, Liiveri was able to participate in the Jalasjärvi municipality's project, which started the cooperation with Swedish Leader Östra Skaraborg. Today, cooperation continues with entrepreneurship, youth work and [...]
People from Koskenkorva looking for ideas
The famous liquor factory is located in the village of Koskenkorva. How could the Koskenkorva brand be used better in the region's tourism and how would it be possible to create vitality and new attraction for the region? The people of Kostenkorva are looking for answers to these questions by taking a study trip to Åhus. Åhus is a village in the municipality of Kristianstad in southern Sweden, and traditional Absolut Vodka has been produced there since 1879. The goal was to see how a town of the same size as Ilmajoki has succeeded […]
"I hope that the development work will continue in the future as well"
Irma Kortesuo, who worked as a village expert for more than ten years, retired at the end of October. Irma had time to work in Liiver as the leader of four different village projects. - Promoting cooperation between and within villages has been important to me. The villages are different from each other and have different strengths. At its best, cooperation means joining forces, learning from others and also learning to appreciate others, Irma [...]